Wagon attachment.



No. 645,473. Patented Mar; '13, 1900.

' H. m. KELLY.

WAGON ATTACHMENT.

(Applicatibn filed Oct. 20, 1899. (No Model.) 2 Sheets-Sheet l.

Patented Mar. l3, I900.

H. M. KELLY.

WAGON ATTACHMENT.

(Application filed Oct. 20, 1899.) (No Model.) 2 Sheets-Shoat 2.

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HENRY M. KELLY, OF OTTAWA, ILLINOIS.

WAGON ATTACHM ENT.

SFECIFTGA'ITON forming part of Letters Patent No. 645,473, dated March 13, 1900. Ap lication filed October 20, 1899. Serial No. 734,233. (No model.)

To an whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HENRY M. KELLY, a citizen of the United States, residing at Ottawa, in the county of La Salle and State of Illinois, have invented new and useful Improvements in Wagon Attachments, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to wagons and wagon attachments, and contemplates the provision of a wagon attachment designed to be used in conjunction with a carrier and track with a View of facilitating the removal of corn or other substance from a wagon to a crib or other point of discharge.

The invention will be fully understood from the following description and claims when taken in conjunction with the annexed drawings, in which Figure 1 is a View, partly in section and partly in elevation, illustrating a wagon equipped with my improved attachment, together with a track and carrier and a corncrib, one of the boxes of the attachment being shown as elevated to and connected to the Fig. 2 is atransverse section of one Fig. 3 is an carrier. of the boxes of the attachment. inverted plan view of the same.

Referring by letter to the said drawings, A is a track; 13, a carrier; 0, a fall, and D a cable, which is connected to the carrier, and after taking around sheaves on the fall and carrier and fixed sheaves E F is designed to be connected to a draft-animal.

The track, carrier, and fall are constructed in accordance with the invention of one J. F. Porter and form the subject-matter of his Letters Patent No. 482,412, dated September 13, 1892. The track has a stop a arranged at about the point shown, and the carrier in addition to the usual traveling wheels I) and sheaves c is equipped with a catch (1, a pivoted hook e, and a vertically-disposed passage f. These parts are so constructed that when the fall 0 is raised into the passage or socket f of the carrier it will be automatically engaged by the pivoted hook e and by moving said hook will release the catch d and permit the same to fall out of engagement with the stop a. From this it follows that with the fall in its lowered position the carrier is locked against movement on the track;

but when the fall is raised to the carrier the carrier is released and may then be drawn along the track. The catch at of the carrier is also provided with a depending line g. This line is provided in order to enable an attendant, when the carrier has been moved back on the track, to place the catch d in engagement with the stop a and by so doing release the fall 0 from the carrier and permit said fall to descend.

As shown in Fig. l. of the drawings, the track A is fixed with reference to a graincrib G, having an opening 7L anda receivingtrough i. It may, however, be arranged within a grain crib or house,over a runway therein, or at any other suitable point, if desired.

11 is a wagon, which is provided with bolsters j and may otherwise be of the ordinary construction, and I is my improved attachment.

The attachment I comprises an open frame J, preferably of rectangular form, which is designed to be placed and secured, if necessary, on the bolsters of the wagon after the manner shown in'Fig. 1, and boxes K, also by preference of rectangular form, which are designed to be placed on and held by the frame J against lateral displacement.

The boxes J are similar in construction, and therefore a description of the one shown in detail in Figs. 2 and 3 will suffice to impart an understanding of both. The said box is preferably made of wood and comprises side walls and a hinged bottom Z. It is provided on its upper edge at its several corners with eyes 'm, which are designed for the engagement of hooks n on chains 19, which run to a central hook q, designed to be connected to the fall 0., before described.

The hinged bottom Z of the box K is provided at its free edge witha projection r and is designed to be held in its closed position by a catch 5. The catch may be of anysuitable construction, that shown being fulcrumed on one of the walls 7c of the box and being connected to a cable 25, which runs through a guide it on the box and thence downwardly, so as to enable a person standing on the ground to disengage the catch from the projection r, and thereby release the bot tom At the under side of its bottom Z the box J is provided with cleats or projections 1;. These cleats or projections are designed to rest within the open frame J when the box is placed thereon, and thereby hold the said box against lateral displacement. When the two boxes are placed on frame J, they serve to hold each other against longitudinal movement in one direction, while the transverse cleats '0, in conjunction with the end bars of the frame, serve to hold them against longitudinal movement in the opposite direction. In addition to serving as stops to prevent lateral displacement of the boxes when the same are mounted on the frame J the cleats '0 materially strengthen the bottoms of the said boxes.

In practice the frame J of my improved attachment is placed and suitably secured, if necesary, on the bolsters j of a wagon, and the two boxes K are placed on said frame, with their depending cleats or projections resting Within the same. The boxes K are suitably filled with grain orother substance to be moved, and the wagon is hauled to a point below the track A, as shown in Fig. 1, after which the fall 0 is lowered, and the hooks n on chains 1) are connected to the eyes m on one of the boxes K.

With this done the draft-animal attached to cable D is driven forwardly to raise the box toward the carrier B, and when the fall 0 enters the socketf of the carrier it will be engaged and held by the hook e, and at the same time catch (Z will be released and permitted to drop out of engagement with the stop a. The carrieris now released, and the continued forward movement of the draft-animal will serve to move it along the track until the box K reaches a point above the trough vi or other point of discharge, when the draft-animal is stopped and the box is discharged of its contents by an attendant drawing on the line t, and thereby releasing the bottom of the box. After the box K is dumped the carrier is returned to the position shown in Fig. 1, and the line 9 is drawn upon to place the catch d in engagement with the stop a and release the fall 0 and permit the box K to descend into its original position on the frame J. Incident to the descent of the box K from the carrier or at any other suitable time its bottom Z is closed'and is secured through the medium of the catch 8. After one box hasbeen dischargedof its contents and replaced on the frame J in the manner described the operation is repeated with reference to the other box. XVhen both boxes are discharged of their contents and replaced on the frame J, the wagon is hauled off to receive another load.

I prefer in practice to use but two boxes in conjunction with a frame J, as shown and described. I do not desire, however, to be understood as limiting myself to the use of two boxes with a single frame, as, when desired, one, two, three, or more boxes may be employed without departing from the scope of my invention.

- It will be appreciated from the foregoing that my improvements are simple and inexpensive, and yet are adapted to greatly facilitate the removal of grain or other substance from a wagon to a crib, but two trips of the carrier 13 being necessary to discharge a wagon-load. It will also be observed that the attachment is readily applicable to ordinary wagons, and when desired the frame J may be connected to and made a permanent part of a-Wagon.

It will be obvious from the foregoing that my improvements may be used to advantage on cars and similar carriers, as well as on wagons. I therefore desire it understood that the term wagon as herein used is intended to comprehend carriers of all kinds.

I am well aware that it is old to provide a wagon-frame or running-gear with verticallydisposed retaining-apertures to receive vertical dowel-pins on a removable body. I am also aware that a dumping-body for vehicles having a bottom made up of hinged sections is old, and therefore make no claim to the same.

What I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. A wagon equipped with an open, rectangular frame, and a removable box arranged on said frame, and having a hinged bottom and a catch for securing the same in its closed position, and also having cleats at the under side of the hinged bottom, arranged within the frame and engaging the inner sides of the bars thereof so as to hold the box against displacement, substantially as specified.

2'. A wagon equipped with an open, rectangular frame,and remoVable ectangularboxes arranged end to end on said frame, and having hinged bottoms and catches for securing the same in their closed positions, and also having strengthening-cleats at the under side 'of the bottoms arranged to engage the inner sides of the bars of the frame whereby the boxes are enabled to hold each other against casual movement and displacement, substantially as specified.

3. An attachment for wagons comprisingan open, rectangular frame, and removable, rectangular boxes arranged end to end on said frame, and having hinged bottoms, and catches for securing the same in their closed positions, and also having strengtheningcleats at theunder side of the hinged bottoms arranged to engage the inner sides of the bars of the'frame whereby the boxes are enabled to hold each other against casual movement and displacement, substantiallyas specified.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence of two subscribing wit nesses.

HENRY M. KELLY.

Witnesses:

T. O. GILsoN, O. W. BALLMEYER. 

